Category : MiscellaneousPublished on: July 16 2022
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India's first monkeypox case has been confirmed in Kollam.
He travelled from the UAE. He reached Trivandrum airport on July 12.
His friend in the UAE had tested positive for monkey pox a few days ago.
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), monkeypox is a viral zoonosis (a virus transmitted to humans from animals) with symptoms similar to those seen in the past in smallpox patients, although it is clinically less severe.